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   From: wy_@myself.com   
      
   On 13 Apr, 20:40, Steve  wrote:   
   > On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:57:24 -0700 (PDT), wy  wrote:   
   > >On 13 Apr, 18:50, "Scout"    
   > >wrote:   
   > >> "wy"  wrote in message   
   >   
   > >>news:5d978267-11aa-41d3-ab47-8b86c12119b4@c7g2000vbe.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   > >> > On 13 Apr, 18:17, David Hartung  wrote:   
   > >> >> On 04/13/2013 04:36 PM, wy wrote:   
   >   
   > >> >> > On 13 Apr, 17:05, RD Sandman    
   > >> >> > wrote:   
   >   
   > >> >> >>> In other words, you don't need a hi cap magazine for anything.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> So?  What does need have to do with it?  Do you need a V-8 or a V-6   
   in   
   > >> >> >> your car.  Do you even need a 4?   
   >   
   > >> >> > When it comes to killing, need has everything to do with it?  How   
   many   
   > >> >> > times and how quickly do you *need* to kill?   
   >   
   > >> >> Look at the wording of the Second Amendment, and then go back a learn   
   > >> >> what the founders had to say about it. The purpose of an armed   
   citizenry   
   > >> >> is to protect the country from invaders, and if necessary, from the   
   > >> >> government itself. That being the purpose, does it not make sense that   
   > >> >> we arm ourselves with the expectation of facing soldiers who will be   
   > >> >> armed with automatic weapons and other nasty little surprises? IN such   
   a   
   > >> >> scenario, limiting the size of clips, could mean more dead citizens.   
   >   
   > >> > America had a tiny army in the late 1700s, too tiny to cover the   
   > >> > territory of the time.  It wasn't even a full-fledged nation yet in   
   > >> > the ordinary sense.  The second amendment gave the right to bear arms   
   > >> > for a militia to do the job of what the army couldn't do at the time.   
   > >> > The militias were a deputized form of the army.  That's what the   
   > >> > second amendment is all about.  It wasn't about giving every Joe Blow   
   > >> > his gun just for the hell of it.   
   >   
   > >> No, actually protecting the right of every Joe Blow to have his guns is   
   > >> exactly the purpose of the 2nd.   
   >   
   > >> So that when the militia was needed Joe Blow could show up armed and able   
   to   
   > >> perform his function in the militia.   
   >   
   > >Right.  Within the function of a militia, not outside of it.  The   
   > >second amendment stipulates "militia," not one's backyard.   
   >   
   > There is no such stipulation in the Second Amendment.  There is   
   > nothing in the 2A that suggests that the RKBA is limited to the   
   > militia, MR i...@email.com   
      
   "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free   
   State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be   
   infringed."   
      
   Is one's backyard included in that?  I thought not.   
      
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